Indigenous and African diaspora religions in the Americas / edited by Benjamin Hebblethwaite and Silke Jansen.
| Other author | Hebblethwaite, Benjamin, editor. |
| Other author | Jansen, Silke, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023] |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | 1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Meeting Grounds in Saint-Domingue and the Emergence of Haitian Vodou -- 2. The Many Faces of Marie Laveau and Voudou in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans -- 3. Shamanic Healing, Initiation, and Ritual Technique in a Kwak'wala Narrative from the Boas-Hunt Corpus -- 4. Language and Rituals of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Kongos of Villa Mella -- 5. A Joyful Place: Baniwa Jaguar Shamans' Songs and Historical Change |
| Contents | 6. Embodying, Reshaping, and Combining the Past and the Future: A Mapuche Shaman's Historical Agency in Chile -- 7. Other Knowledges: Tensions and Negotiation between Religion, Knowledges, and School in a Wixárika Community -- 8. It's the Song That Cures: Healing, Music, and Ayahuasca in Brazil's Santo Daime Churches -- 9. Finding Orisha in New Places -- Contributors -- Index. |
| Abstract | Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas offers an introduction and nine original perspectives on religious and cultural traditions emanating from communities in several regions across the Americas. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2023). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Indigenous and African diaspora religions in the Americas. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023] 9781496235732 |
| ISBN | 1496236475 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781496236463 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1496236467 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781496236470 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | paperback |
| ISBN | paperback |
| Stock number | 22573/cats2616221 JSTOR |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |